president obama will be thousands of miles away on a very closely watched trip. doug luzader has more on the week ahead in washington. good moaning, doug. >> good morning. here on capitol hill another budget deadline is looming and air force one is about to make a long trip. israel is preparing for a presidential visit. a u.s. flag is already flying there. they are getting ared to meet with israeli p and palestinian leaders this week. it may involve fence mending more than anything. >> there are an awful lot of things to talk about iran, syria and the region generally and i am sure that peace talks for lock of them is something that will be part of the discussion. >> back at home meantime the president is expected to announce his pick for labor secretary. he is enthusiastically backed by unions. he could face a tough pass to confirmation in the senate. congress down to the final days to come up with a plan to fund the government operations beyond the deadline. so far no deal in sight. >> the president doesn't believe ought to be the balance of the budget over the